Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *werg-

Meaning: to twist

Old Indian: vr̥ṇákti, varjati, ptc. vr̥jiná- `to bend, turn, twist'; abhi-vlaŋgá- m. `turning off, shaking off'

Slavic: ? *vь́rgǭ, *vérgtī/*vь́rgtī; ? *orǭžьje

Baltic: *werg- vb. tr.

Germanic: *wirk-a- vb., *wurk-[ō]- vb., *wrik-a- vb.; *wrik=

Latin: vergō, -ere, Gramm. versī/vorsī `sich gegenneigen; im Abstieg sein (von einem Gestirn)'; pl. Vergiliae f. `die Plejaden' || rancēre `ranzig, stinkend sein', rancidus, -a `ranzig, stinkend; ekelhaft'

Celtic: *wronkā: Gael frōg `Moor, Sumpf, Fallgrube, Höhle, Kluft

Russ. meaning: крутить, скручивать

References: WP I 270 f

Comments: [Probably more than one root]